GOLD HORSESHOE MEMBERS

EQUINE BUSINESS EDUCATION

We have heard from many equine business owners that, while they are great with their horses, they often do not have much business experience. One of our manin focuses is strengthening those business skills so they can make better decisions, grow their customer/client base, and make more money.

Due to this we have implemented short educational sessions hosted across the state that focus on business topics that are commonly needed by everyone – insurance, legalities, and marketing for example. We offer these events for free to our members and for $10 to non-members.

Seeing the need for a longer day of education, we created the NW EquiBiz Conference in 2014, which consists of a full day of breakout sessions taught by business professionals, but all with an equine slant. When we anonymously surveyed the nearly 70 attendees, we had over 95% say they will definitely return and will encourage others to as well. We are planning for 125 attendees this fall. To our knowledge, this is the only equine business conference in the country.